Babylonian Chronology, 626 B.C. - A.D. 45 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 24), “Preface”
“This study aims at providing a brief, but complete and thorough, presentation of the data bearing upon the chronological problems of the Neo-Babylonian, Achaemenid Persian, and Seleucid periods, together with tables for the easy translation of dates from the Babylonian calendar into the Julian.”
The authors describe the scope of the work that became, in its revised 1956 edition (Babylonian Chronology 626 B.C.-A.D. 75), the standard reference for converting Babylonian dates.
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Provenance and verification note for Babylonian Chronology, 626 B.C. - A.D. 45 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 24), Preface
Confidence note. Read in the ISAC PDF on 19 September 2026. Only the 1942 edition (626 B.C.-A.D. 45) was opened in this session; the 1956 Brown University Press revision, which extends to A.D. 75, was not opened and its page numbers are not cited here.
Scan provenance. Free PDF of the volume published by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly the Oriental Institute), University of Chicago; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; DOI https://doi.org/10.83354/68x5-8f30
Notes. Wiseman's 1956 volume states that its Julian dates 'follow the tables of R. A. Parker and W. H. Dubberstein in Babylonian Chronology 626 B.C.-A.D. 45'.
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